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Haven't seen episode 12 yet, but the episode 13 preview shows that everything is back to "normal" next week so the current crisis obviously gets resolved this episode. It also looks like episode 13 will be an Ayase episode.

I've confused 13 episode with the 12th... that's the whole story
So stupid of me...

Oh wow, this episode was pretty cool! Never thought that Mana would be like this... and Gai's deathflags were obviously floating everywhere even from the first episode.
I think that we can look at this anime from the point of Blood-C: just wait for the last 2-3 episodes and you won't be disappointed

Ahh...what an eventful but sad episode. Quite a lot was shown, and quite a lot happens.

We go back to Shu and Gai's childhood where they first met and when Mana was still sane and alive. Compared to how they acted to each other in the past 11 episodes, you would find it hard to believe that both of them were good friends, but we all know they were and in a way, still are. It seems that Mana had been infected with the disease and Gai had found out, and as Gai said to Mana in that confrontation when he was younger, the crystals made people go insane, and thats exactly what happened to Mana.

Mana went insane. She threatened Gai in a way and tied him up, kissed her own brother, tricked Gai into shooting himself (That gun was rigged wasn't it? Or did Gai turn the gun of himself?) and ended up killing herself with her own power and many others when trying to cry out for help to Gai and Shu.

And of course, it happened in front of both Gai and Shu. Gai left to become stronger, where as Shu was traumatised and forced himself to forget as soldiers took him away from the wreckages which is why he always had fuzzy memories every now and then throughout the anime of Mana.

So, in the end Gai's void was pulled and it turned out to be a gun that forced other voids out of people's hearts. I wonder if Gai managed to change his void at the last minute when believing in Shu and holding his hand. It was a perfectly reasonable void to come from Gai. He could see Voids, he knew all about them, and in the end it was what Shu needed.

But, lastly, I thought I would have never said this before until I saw this episode. We see Gai's death which was in my opinion emotional. Impaled by a monster version of Mana, I could only cringe when I heard the crunching sounds as he was impaled and all we could see was his blank face. Then, to keep Mana from having her slumber distubedm he requested Shu to destroy Mana through him with Inori's void. He redeemed himself this episode when coming back to help Shu and also when the flashbacks gave some backstory. Shu's reactions were prefectly reasonable and I actually wished Gai was still around now...but alas...as he said himself, he was going to die anyway You shall be missed by me Gai. A good death, much better than when a lot of us thought you would die back on top of that building in Shu's arms after getting slashed.

It really is too hard to say. Haruka could be an adoptive mother or step-mother. Also, the relationship between Haruka and Mana was not established either. However, we do know that they all have the Ouma last name.

Also, this episode confirms that Inori is a created being. However, created from what is still not known. If she is created from DNA fro Mana, then we still could have a blood-related relationship scenario.

This episode is also a turning point in the series, as most of the bad guys have been killed, except for Segai. With Gai gone as well, the series is heading in a different direction.

Gai aspired to be like young-Shu, so it could be expected that Shu revert back to what his former personality and attitude is like. Shu should become someone with whom people can respect soon.

Wow. Like it or hate it this was a heck of an episode. I can see why this show got made -- some surprisingly interesting ideas here -- and it's a pity the overall execution's been so spotty. It seems like somewhere in GC there's enough to make a great anime, but it's mixed in with a bunch of stuff that is more iffy.

But what next?

Spoiler:

This could've been the end of the series. It wouldn't be an amazing end if it stopped right here, but it *felt* like a finale, and with a few changes episodes 1-12 would work as a stand-alone story. OR, in short: the story feels like it just came to a full stop, and now it needs to go in some new direction.

The first 1-11 episodes were really slow paced for me and the only thing revealed during that period was some information regarding Lost Christmas. Because of this, this episode seemed really fast paced, constantly giving you new information that you previously didn't have. I'm glad that more information is being released now but it was a bit much for one episode... They should of carried it over 2 episodes for more suspense in my opinion.

An eventful episode indeed. I'll miss Gai for sure, along with American Dan. But I was expecting this whole thing to last another episode more tbh. Still liked it, putting aside a couple of moments that bothered me. This felt more like a turning point to the series for the rest of the series than episode 11 did.

Still some further explaining future episodes should provide concerning: more on Mana's origin, the original source of the virus(still say it's extraterrestrial), and Inori's creation to now. Then again, that'll probably be explained in the VN anyway.

I do wonder what'll become of the GHQ and Funeral Parlor after all this though...

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Btw, how the hell Triton and Ayase were able to go in the parrallel world?

This. We know Shu was able to with the power of his right hand, but I can't really imagine how Gai and Ayase's endlave could've pulled it off.Edit: Maybe Gai would've had some way to do so after all he's went through in the past but I can't say for sure.

I didn't expect Gai/Triton to die half way this serie. After all these events around Mana have been finished, i am anxious to know what direction guilty crown will take with it's 2nd half

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Spoiler for voids:

My previous complaints about guilty crown still applies for this episode. Shu managed to get another "rather too convenient" void out of Gai to help him out of this situation.
Also i need to rewatch this episode again to see why Gai didn't faint when his void was pulled out, in fact he was perfectly fine running around shooting with his own void.

I didn't expect Gai/Triton to die half way this serie. After all these events around Mana have been finished, i am anxious to know what direction guilty crown will take with it's 2nd half

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Spoiler for voids:

My previous complaints about guilty crown still applies for this episode. Shu managed to get another "rather too convenient" void out of Gai to help him out of this situation.
Also i need to rewatch this episode again to see why Gai didn't faint when his void was pulled out, in fact he was perfectly fine running around shooting with his own void.

He acquired King mode as stated by that other dude which allows him to do it. So yeah random powerup. So yeah pretty good ep. Hoping this goes the way of Gurren to keep the show interesting.

My previous complaints about guilty crown still applies for this episode. Shu managed to get another "rather too convenient" void out of Gai to help him out of this situation.
Also i need to rewatch this episode again to see why Gai didn't faint when his void was pulled out, in fact he was perfectly fine running around shooting with his own void.

Spoiler for Voids:

Gai made a specific point about having Shu not let go of his hand while pulling out his Void. My guess is that a person somehow retains consciousness if they maintain physical contact with Shu while having their Void removed. This is consistent with the OP, where Inori is conscious while Shu is using her Void.

Can't remember if anybody has had physical contact with Shu while having their Void removed before now, though, so I could be wrong.

So Shu caused Lost Christmas because he didn't except Mana, way to go. Interesting how Gai became more like Shu and Shu just regressed. At least Gai got what he wanted in the end, able to be with Mana. So Haruka is his new mother.

Still have no idea what role Daath played since he just helped Keido get Inori, but then he just let Gai an Shu stop him. Was it just to help Shu get into king mode? Segai was great again by helping them get in.

So Inori was indeed created, wonder how? So if the person whose void is being drawn out keeps contact with Shu they can remain conscious. Wonder if that was always possible, or just because of his king mode.

So where do they go from here. Segai and Daath are still alive so maybe they'll cause problems. With no Gai does Shu become the leader?